# telega
## English
### Etymology

From mid-16th century Russian теле́га (teléga), probably from Khazar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɪˈleɪɡə/

### Noun

telega (plural telegas or telegi)
* A simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs.
** 1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329:Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which admits of the traveller lying down full length, and which can be made very comfortable at night.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Legate, Teagle, eaglet, gelate, legate, teagle

## Old Polish
### Alternative forms

* talaga, talega, telaga, teliga

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian телѣга (telěha) First attested in 1480.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /tɛlʲɛɡa/
* IPA: (15th CE) /tɛlʲɛɡa/

### Noun

telega f
* telega (simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs)
** 1868 [1480], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎, volume XVIII, page 200:Quia ipse non dedit magnum currum salis al. telega[Quia ipse non dedit magnum currum salis al. telega]

#### Descendants

* Polish: telega

### References

* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “telega, talaga, talega, telaga, teliga”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish telega.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛˈlɛ.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -ɛɡa
* Syllabification: te‧le‧ga

### Noun

telega f (diminutive teleżka)
* (historical) telega (simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs)
** 1876, Konstanty Wolicki, Wspomnienia z czasów pobytu w cytadeli warszawskiej i na Syberyi. (Erinnerungen aus den Zeiten des Aufenthaltes in der Warschauer Cittadelle und in Sibirien.), page 57:Dwie telegi tego rodzaju zastaliśmy przed więzieniem w wewnętrznym jego dziedzińcu […]We found two telegas of this kind in front of the prison in its inner courtyard […]

#### Declension
### Further reading

* telega in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* telega in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* telega in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
* Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (16.09.2021) “TELEGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “telega”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /teˈlɛ.ɡɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /teˈlɛ.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /teˈlɛ.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨˈlɛ.ɡɐ/ [tɨˈlɛ.ɣɐ]

### Noun

telega f (plural telegas)
* telega (a type of simple four-wheeled cart used in Russia)

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* teljega

### Etymology

From Russian теле́га (teléga), used in Swedish since 1877.

### Noun

telega c
* a telega, a Russian 4-wheeled cart

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | telega | telegas |
| singular | definite | telegan | telegans |
| plural | indefinite | telegor | telegors |
| plural | definite | telegorna | telegornas |

### References

* telega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Teljega in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1919)